Saturday, June 30, 2007

Arkansas Highway 7 reaches the summit of the Boston Mountains (elevation 2,169 ft.) at Scenic Point, south of Jasper. The panoramic 180 degree view of the Buffalo River Canyon provides photographers with an "Arkansas Natural".

Photo by Charles and Joann Jordan

the sign reads:
Buffalo River Canyon - Arkansas
The summit of Mt Judea in the Boston Range of the Ozarks is 2169 feet above Sea Level.

The Buffalo River flows from west to east 1414 feet below this point - making this the deepest canyon in the Ozarks.

it is also the largest - lost in this canyon are the finest canoe waters in wilderness America.

Missouri is visible 40 miles due north - west to east is 50 miles - area 1.3 million acres.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

This is an actual Record! You can see the white dot, that is the hole were you put it on the record player, The record is on the lower half of the card, you can slightly see the wavy lines just above the bushes, that's were it begins. - The entire card is written in Japanese and the sender writes that the artist on the card is talking about Sapporo (large city in Japan) -

Friday, June 15, 2007

Draw-Span of the Interstate Bridge between Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wisconsin, wrecked by the Steamer "Troy" of the Western Transit Line, at 1 o'clock a.m., August 11, 1906. This was one of the longest draw-spans in the country. Length, 485 feet.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Port Isabel Lighthouse was built in 1853, and operated until 1905. I was used by both the Confederate and Union forces during the Civil war for observation. Now open to the public, it is operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife. You may climb a spiral stairway (74) steps) to the top for a spectacular view across Laguna Madre to South Padre Islands.

Set your course for the Gulf of Mexico and sail into the port for a visit to the Rio Grande Valley.
Barbara Turnbill

Thursday, June 7, 2007

One of the many interesting landmarks on Madeline Island, is the old Indian graveyard, where the burial sites are covered and protected by roofed shelters, and surrounded by tiny weathered picket fences. A bronze tablet marks the site of Treaty Hall, where the peace pact between the Ojibways and the United States was finally signed.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Poison dart frog is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America. These species often have brightly-colored bodies. Although all wild poison dart frogs are at least somewhat toxic, levels of toxicity vary considerably from one species to the next and from one population to another.

Monday, June 4, 2007

The Bonneville Salt Flats is a salt deposit left by the receding of ancient Lake Bonneville. This deposit covers about 159 square miles extending some nine miles along U.S. Highways 40 and 50 and the Western Pacific railroad. The salt is white, crystalline aggregate, porous, hard and rigid so that it supports loaded trucks. In 1912 this area was tested as a race track and has since proved to be the greatest automobile speedway in the world. In 1931 Ab Jenkins of Salt Lake City broke all former world speed records. Here on September 15, 1938, John Cobb established a record of 350.07 miles per hour. The next day Captain G.E.T. Eystone set a world's record of 357.50 miles per hour. Aug. 26, 1939, John Cobb again became the world's automobile speed king by driving his card 369.74 miles per hour.
The card also has, at the bottom, You are invited to attend Utah's centennial in 1947
attached is a small bag with Salt from the Great Salt Lake Utah. this postcard is unused

Sunday, June 3, 2007

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
"The Keystone State"
Founded in 1681, one of the original thirteen American colonies. Area: 45,333 square miles; Capital: Harrisburg; Population over 13,000,000 (1985 estimate).

Facts about my collection...

I have been collecting stamped, mailed postcards since 1973. I have cards made from plastic, fabric, wood, metal, leather, and paper. Also, cards announcing the wrong person as president of the U.S., cards that are actual puzzles, cards that are playable records, light switch covers and a card mailed from the initial flight of the Hindenburg, 3D cards, hold to light cards, 1912 Titanic postcard and just about everything you can think of! So far I have over 12,000postcards scanned with many more still to go.

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